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    		• Weinman, Adolph A.,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Law
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Hodgenville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Lincoln, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 1, 1909.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 50 in. x 62 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 131 in. x 153 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Side of sculpture:) AA Weinman/Fecit... ...MCMIX (Rear of sculpture:) Gerham (sic) Co. Founders (Front of base:) LINCOLN (Rear of base:) (relief of the Kentucky state seal) Two miles south of this/town Abraham Lincoln/was born February/Twelfth Eighteen Hun-/Dred and nine/Erected with appropri/ations made by the leg/islature of Kentucky/And the Congress of the /United States of America/Anno Domini MCMIX signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Lincoln seated in an arm chair on a granite base. Lincoln's proper right hand is on the arm of the chair and his proper left hand holds an object on his lap. The back of the chair has an eagle with spread wings atop a shield with fasces on either side. The base has bronze lettering on the front and an inscription on the back.
    Subject: 
    Emblem -- Seal
    Animal -- Bird
    Portrait male -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Hodgenville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Hodgenville, Lincoln Boulevard, P. O. 189, Hodgenville, Kentucky 42748
    Located Town Square, Lincoln Boulevard, Hodgenville, Kentucky
    Remarks: 
    Figure was restored in 1985.
    The total cost of the monument was $13,000.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0070, 1989.
    Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS KY000025
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